Photo: Geordie at War Project
Heslop's Local Advertiser
In Gateshead East Cemetery is a family headstone which reads::
In
Loving remembrance of
Lily
the dearly loved wife of
Joseph Russell
died 1st October 1954
aged 69 years.
Also Joseph
beloved husband of the above
died 7th August 1959
aged 72 years.
Also Ethel Wall
sister of the above Lily
died 30th December 1971
aged 83 years
beloved wife of
Pte. Richard Wall
killed in action 1st Jan.1917
Aged 28 years.
Interred in France
"Ever Remembered"
Heslop’s Local Advertiser 23/02/1917 reports:
Private Richard Wall, killed in action on Jan.1st. Husband of Ethel Wall, 73 Moore Street, Gateshead. Pte. Wall was a member of the local Rechabites’ Society and, previous to enlisting, worked at Messrs. John Crosby and Son’s Felling Bakery.
